Woo will use the new block theme Pattern Assembler UI to provide customization options during onboarding.

A Block API was introduced in WordPres 6.4 and is being expanded in 6.5. It adds features similar to some of the hooks available for Classic themes. In this post Nick Diego gives a brief overview and provides a number of examples showing how to use it.

WordPress 6.5 has been delayed a week until April 2nd to allow for a change and more testing of the Font Library location.

Congratulations to Mauro Cassani, the developer of ACPT, who has been working for the past several months on a large update of the plugin to version 2.0, which was just released.

ACPT (Advanced Custom Post Types) is a plugin that provides a complete solution for creating Custom Post Types, custom taxonomies, and custom fields. It is a relatively new solution, but has integrations with Bricks, Oxygen Breakdance, Zion Builder, Divi, Elementor, and more.

Eric Karkovack is finding that clients grew up using the web, have heard the ads that anyone can create a website, and so want more design freedom. He suggests that people build sites for client with that flexibility in mind.

The release candidate for the next version of ACF is available. In addition to WordPress 6.5 support, it is also the release that will require an activated pro license to use pro features (regarding changes for plugins that include ACF Pro).

Lots of companies are adding an AI site builder. ThemeIsle’s has a twist – it is open source and available on GitHub. Want to see what is involved in creating a site builder powered by AI or want to make your own?

The Builderius Team has plans to improve the free version to make it more powerful and add features usually restricted to pro versions.

A Hallway Hangout is planned for agencies and freelancers to discuss using the Sited Editor for client sites. It looks like they plan to discuss the difference in workflows between using a Classic theme and the Site Editor.